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Natural montmorillonite clay as prebiotic catalyst |
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| Authors: | I. V. Il’ina E. V. Suslov T. M. Khomenko D. V. Korchagina K. P. Volcho N. F. Salakhutdinov |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0802, USA;(2) Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0802, USA;(3) Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 234, HECO Building, East Campus, Lincoln, NE 68583-0802, USA; |
| Abstract: | It is shown that complex intramolecular and intermolecular transformations of natural pinene terpenoids can proceed in the presence of natural montmorillonite clays with the preservation of optical activity. These facts support our assumption that natural clays could act as prebiotic catalysts and favor preservation of chirality in complex compounds formed from simple optically active molecules at early stages of life. The article is published in the original. |
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